Appropriate "Safety" Colleges for an MIT Applicant?

tongchen1226
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:30:12 +0000

im surprised i havent posted anything on this thread.

i got to UChicago and Carnegie Mellon during the early round, in addition to MIT.

CMU normally only has binding Early Decisions. however, it is generous enough to those of us who went there for the summer (i was in diversity AP/EA, which is free) so that we could apply under Early Action and receive a result by the first week of October. if you are interested in CS/ECE, CMU may be even better than MIT. its math/science/engineering is top-tier and fitting to be a backup for MIT applicants.

UChicago is a good place for the MIT applicants who have strong humanities background in addition to being crazy about math/science. despite the increase in the applicant number and the decrease in admission rate, UChicago is still easier to get into than MIT.